March 2020 – The Bridge

This edition of The Bridge features research digests on ‘FRIENDS’ and anxiety, CAMHS and technology training, OCD and anxiety, parenting, autism and more.

28 February 2020

Most cited CAMH paper joint #20 of 25: Implementing routine outcome measures in child and adolescent mental health services: from present to future practice

Martin J Batty, Maria Moldavsky, Pooria Sarrami Foroushani, Sarah Pass, Michael Marriott, Kapil Sayal, Chris Hollis.
Key Practitioner Message includes; It is important to place outcomes in the context of the type of service, case complexity, diagnosis/clinical cluster and treatment goals.

7 February 2020

Assessment and diagnosis in children with neurodevelopmental problems

This conference focusses on assessment and diagnosis in children with neurodevelopmental problems, and is delivered by ACAMH’s Neurodevelopmental Special Interest Group (SIG). Neurodevelopmental disorders are a neglected area of mental health practice, little mentioned in recent government policy documents. The evidence base is strong in theory but often hard to put into practice at the […]

Event type

Conference

Location

London

Identifying imaging biomarkers in the neonatal brain

The past decade has seen great improvements in magnetic resonance imaging technologies, such that it is now possible to image the developing brain in utero. In 2018, Dafnis Batalle and colleagues compiled an Annual Research Review for the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, where they evaluated the current status of neuroimaging research in neonates and paediatrics to determine the origins of neuropsychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorders.

11 July 2019

ASD Masterclass – Adapted Therapy for Young People; CBT and Mindfulness approaches

Mental health problems commonly co-occur with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), and yet these problems often go untreated. This can be due to a number of factors including diagnostic overshadowing and difficulty recognising and assessing these problems. There is now good research evidence demonstrating the high prevalence rates – and sometimes atypical phenomenology – of mental […]

Event type

Masterclass

Location

Dublin

Welcoming our new JCPP editors

We are excited to welcome five new members to the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry (JCPP) editorial board. With their wide-ranging expertise and many years of cultivated academic prowess, they are an immensely valuable addition to the team.

21 March 2019

Professor Maggie Snowling – Reading and language –  ‘Future challenges for the science of child psychology and psychiatry’

Recorded lecture from Professor Maggie Snowling, at the Wellcome Collection, celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry

18 March 2019

In Conversation… OCD

Dr Amita Jassi & Dr Gazal Jones talk to freelance journalist Jo Carlowe about Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

4 March 2019

Most Cited JCPP Articles #18 of 60

Most cited JCPP papers #18 of 60: Autism: Towards an integration of clinical, genetic, neuropsychological, and neurobiological perspectives

26 January 2019

Most Cited JCPP Articles #40 of 60

Most cited JCPP papers #40 of 60: RECOGNITION OF FACES: AN APPROACH TO THE STUDY OF AUTISM

11 January 2019